Dear Nikon-mates, I am sorry to disturb you asking for an advice that is somehow far from the main topic of this wonderful list. I would like to extent the angle covered by my Nikon 90X camera buying a wide-angle zoom. To avoid spending a quite huge amount of money for the Nikon 20-35 zoom I was oriented more to buy the Sigma 18-35. I am conscious that I cannot get the same quality of images with such lens comparing with a Nikon one (and the old messages that appear in the list can confirm this) but... maybe it is sufficient for my target of non-professional photographer. Moreover, I am leaving in Japan now and it is not easy for me to communicate with shop dealers. What I understood, however, is that lens is almost sold-out (at least in one of the biggest shop of Tokyo, Yodobashi camera) because next spring Sigma would release a new 18-70 2.8f Zoom. This news appears on the web site of Sigma, I was happy not to completely misunderstand what they say to me in the shop. But it is worth to wait for such new lens? I am wandering weather is better to try to find the old one that I feel like would be cheaper than that new. Any advice on that problem would be really appreciated. Enjoy your photos. FILIPPO _______________________________________________________________ Dr. Filippo Santucci de Magistris -University of Tokyo - Institute of Industrial Science Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory 7-22-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-8558, Japan tel: +81 (0)3 3402 6231 ext. 2038 lab. 2503 dial in tel. / fax: +81 (0)3 3479 0261 PHS: 0705 0152618 _________________________________________________________________
